During a recent evaluation of a group of banks on customer effort levels required to interact in areas like branch banking, mobile websites, customer assistance and online banking, the results showed that the 45 to 65 age group, the most frequent bankers exerted the most effort to bank online.

Consumers have been conditioned to have a “what’s next?” mentality when it comes to new product launches and technology improvements. They’re often not even aware they needed the latest gizmo, but it quickly moves to something they can’t live without.